Matthew Friedman
@friedman.bsky.social
Historian, journalist, Jew, Canadian expat in MAGAmerica.
Teaching a class on the Abolitionist movement just before Pesach is one of the great joys of my job.
April 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Teaching a class on the Abolitionist movement just before Pesach is one of the great joys of my job.
I do find it amazing that many of the same people who unquestioningly and unequivocally support the State of Israel are eager to destroy Canada.
April 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I do find it amazing that many of the same people who unquestioningly and unequivocally support the State of Israel are eager to destroy Canada.
That feeling when the department coffee machine is kaputt.
April 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
That feeling when the department coffee machine is kaputt.
I remember when the mass protests of 2017 - the Women's March, the March for Science, the demonstrations at immigration detention facilities, etc. - restrained the first Trump administration and saved America! #jaded
April 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I remember when the mass protests of 2017 - the Women's March, the March for Science, the demonstrations at immigration detention facilities, etc. - restrained the first Trump administration and saved America! #jaded
It is worth remembering that almost anything "made in the USA" is inferior to virtually any imported product. Thus, paying the tariff hit might actually be worth it in the end. #tradewar #buyforeign #tariffs
April 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It is worth remembering that almost anything "made in the USA" is inferior to virtually any imported product. Thus, paying the tariff hit might actually be worth it in the end. #tradewar #buyforeign #tariffs
I was a strong NDP supporter when it was a social democratic party. When it took a right turn into dishwater third-wayism under Tom Mulcair, the party ceased to have any real value to me. Given the choice between voting for the Liberals or the ineffective wannabe Liberals, I choose the former.
April 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I was a strong NDP supporter when it was a social democratic party. When it took a right turn into dishwater third-wayism under Tom Mulcair, the party ceased to have any real value to me. Given the choice between voting for the Liberals or the ineffective wannabe Liberals, I choose the former.
I have been an NDP voter for most of my life and, before moving to the US for grad school, a long time member. But I have never seen such a pointless, weak-tea party like the one led by Jagmeet Singh, not even Audrey McLaughlin's 1993 team. I'll be voting Liberal. #canada #politics #ndp.
April 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A student complained that I showed "disgraceful disrespect" to Andrew Jackson because I accused him of genocide. #teaching #education #ushistory
April 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A student complained that I showed "disgraceful disrespect" to Andrew Jackson because I accused him of genocide. #teaching #education #ushistory
'Our lives have been overwhelmed with these “what ifs,” and I find myself recalling the generation of German Jewish and left-wing writers and intellectuals who tried to read the tea leaves of 1933-1939 in order to know when it would be the “right time” to flee.' #expats #canada #MAGA #expatlife
Booking It - The Friedman Dossier
"Getting the Hell out of here" is on my mind these days. I live in a deep-blue part of New Jersey, no more than a couple of miles from one of those liberal universities that give Redhats hives. But if...
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March 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
'Our lives have been overwhelmed with these “what ifs,” and I find myself recalling the generation of German Jewish and left-wing writers and intellectuals who tried to read the tea leaves of 1933-1939 in order to know when it would be the “right time” to flee.' #expats #canada #MAGA #expatlife
Paving stones. Plainsboro, NJ. Fujifilm Instax Wide. #analogphotography #instantphotography #instaxwide #fujiinstax #fujifilm @fujifilm_instax_northamerica
March 29, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Paving stones. Plainsboro, NJ. Fujifilm Instax Wide. #analogphotography #instantphotography #instaxwide #fujiinstax #fujifilm @fujifilm_instax_northamerica
A student complained that I am "bringing politics into the classroom." This is in a course on US History since 1945, so it's hard not to. Is this my first taste of what teaching under the MAGA regime will be? How long will I have a job? #education #teaching #MAGA
March 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A student complained that I am "bringing politics into the classroom." This is in a course on US History since 1945, so it's hard not to. Is this my first taste of what teaching under the MAGA regime will be? How long will I have a job? #education #teaching #MAGA
"Life 'behind the lines' in America is not as dire as attempting to cross German trenches into No Man’s Land and then, one hopes, to safety. But there is a persistent reminder that I am an alien, and the threat that the regime can destroy my life, should it choose, hangs over me."
Behind the Lines - The Friedman Dossier
I could never have imagined that I would find myself "behind the lines." The phrase was always a feature of the kind of military adventures that I consumed as a boy; the First World War ace forced dow...
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March 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Life 'behind the lines' in America is not as dire as attempting to cross German trenches into No Man’s Land and then, one hopes, to safety. But there is a persistent reminder that I am an alien, and the threat that the regime can destroy my life, should it choose, hangs over me."
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
My office clock has stopped. Is this an omen? Clearly the Atomic Scientists are to blame.
March 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My office clock has stopped. Is this an omen? Clearly the Atomic Scientists are to blame.
I just double checked to make sure Elections Canada has my details. If you are a Canadian expat, this is where you can register to vote from abroad. The coming election might be one of the most important in recent memory.
#canada #expat #canadians #election
#canada #expat #canadians #election
Registration and Voting Processes for Canadians Who Live Abroad
Registration and Voting Processes for Canadians Who Live Abroad
www.elections.ca
March 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I just double checked to make sure Elections Canada has my details. If you are a Canadian expat, this is where you can register to vote from abroad. The coming election might be one of the most important in recent memory.
#canada #expat #canadians #election
#canada #expat #canadians #election
I wrote this five years ago, at the start of the COVID pandemic. Yet, so much of it rings true in our current end times. For some reason, so many people believe that the Apocalypse is, or will be, fun.
Ecstasies of the Viral Apocalypse - The Friedman Dossier
“Just purchased 4 rolls of toilet paper, kinda feel like Indiana Jones.” My friend had just returned from shopping the bare shelves of a suburban Chicago supermarket like an action hero for the essent...
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March 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I wrote this five years ago, at the start of the COVID pandemic. Yet, so much of it rings true in our current end times. For some reason, so many people believe that the Apocalypse is, or will be, fun.
Garden implement, Plainsboro, NJ. #fujiinstax #fujifilm #instax #instaxwide #instantphotography #filmphotography
March 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Garden implement, Plainsboro, NJ. #fujiinstax #fujifilm #instax #instaxwide #instantphotography #filmphotography
Power, Plainsboro, NJ. Polaroid. #polaroid #blackandwhite #monochrome #filmphotography #instantphotography
March 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Power, Plainsboro, NJ. Polaroid. #polaroid #blackandwhite #monochrome #filmphotography #instantphotography
March 18, 2025 at 8:09 PM
March 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is significant, I think, that CBC News has referred to the United States as Canada's "former ally" at least three times.
March 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It is significant, I think, that CBC News has referred to the United States as Canada's "former ally" at least three times.
It is only possible to say that the US is a great country if you have never been anywhere else. And given that less than half of Americans have passports suggests that most Americans have never been out of the country. So American greatness is little other than the greatness of ignorance.
March 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
It is only possible to say that the US is a great country if you have never been anywhere else. And given that less than half of Americans have passports suggests that most Americans have never been out of the country. So American greatness is little other than the greatness of ignorance.